Travel / A1

LEFT/left/

One side of your body is left; the other is right. Turn left / on the left. Left is also the past of leave: she left at six — same spelling, different job. Learners mix the side with the verb. Raise your left hand is a classroom instruction.

Meaning

On the side of your body that is not right.

Examples

• “Turn left at the cinema.”
• “The shop is on the left.”
• “Write with your left hand.”

Good to know

on the left / turn left. Opposite: right. Also past of leave: left.

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